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beook - a different ebook

Digital books themselves are not a novelty. Thus, there are many ebook readers and their corresponding apps to be found scrimmaging the market. They produce satisfactory results for literature and works of reference - however, their are not suitable for active studying.

To study does not merely mean «to read and to understand», it also includes reflecting, taking notes, examining cross references, solving exercises, summarizing. beook solves this problem.

The beook app is a platform for digital teaching material of any kind provided by miscellaneous publishers, educational institutions and authors. Next to the iPad it is also available for Windows, Mac Computer and other tablet operating systems.

Simply try it out yourself.

What's New

Version History

5.0.4

Nov 2, 2017

Improvement in performance and stability

5.0.0

Oct 9, 2017

beook can now also be used on the iPhone! Log in to your existing account or create a new account and synchronize all your annotations, notes, bookmarks and exercises with the beook cloud between your devices.

Other new features of version 5

- Now the exercises can also be annotated- Listing of notes and marks from content and exercises- Extended notes- Numerous detail improvements- Improved performance and stability

4.6.0

Aug 6, 2017

• Formatted notes: You can create notes with embedded images, video-links and hyperlinks. These notes can be placed directly in the layout, also in an opened mode• Improved layout of your own pages• Increased data security: Restores your data from a previous automatic backup• Improvement of the sharing function• Share documents with your own pages• Improvement in performance during start-up and stability

4.5.0

Jun 5, 2017

This version brings numerous interesting improvements

• Advanced notes- Create handwriting notices- Place photos in your notes- Notes can be opened directly in the ebook• New media view- Provides visual access to your teaching materials- Browse through the images of the ebooks and navigate to the content with one click.- Selective download of the linked media for offline use• Bookmarks, notes, and markers are now possible over the entire ebook• Class administration- Dossiers can be copied- Groups can be deleted• Improvement in performance and stability

The usage of Dropbox is no longer supported due to changed interfaces on tablets. Alternatively, you can use the beook cloud. It is available free of charge on all devices on the beook app. Your annotations are migrated automatically. Activate therefore the beook cloud on all your devices in the portal after accepting the terms of use.";

4.4.2

Feb 27, 2017

- New note function: Create handwritten notes with the drawing editor of your choice.- Notes can be placed open over the text, also transparent (currently only with Fixed Layout, support for reflowable layout coming soon).- Answers and solutions can be displayed in Fixed Layout.- Improved zoom when opening new ebooks- Numerous improvements in stability and performance.

4.4.0

Feb 23, 2017

- New note function: Create handwritten notes with the drawing editor of your choice.- Notes can be placed open over the text, also transparent (currently only with Fixed Layout, support for reflowable layout coming soon).- Answers and solutions can be displayed in Fixed Layout.- Improved zoom when opening new ebooks- Numerous improvements in stability and performance.

4.2.3

Dec 12, 2016

- Numerous improvements in stability and performance.

4.1.2

Nov 2, 2016

This version corrects some minor errors:

Shared custom pages are retained.Umlauts in shared attachments are handled correctly.Media player rotates correctlyImprovements in stability and performance

4.1

Oct 22, 2016

- Sharing functions have been greatly improved- Shared and synched attachments can be displayed- Groups and transactions are synchronized via devices- New search page on all books, with full text search, title search, combination of words and clasifications

4.0.0

Sep 13, 2016

This version brings many new features and improvements

- Completely redesigned portal featuring the administration of the ebooks using a cover or list view- Installing and updating all ebooks with one click- A chic design adapting optimally to all device sizes- Decisively quicker startup and shorter loading durations- Automatic detection of new licenses- Integrated beook cloud- Creating groups / classes- Sharing of contents with members / students of the group / class- Linking and sharing media in the cloud- Numerous detail improvements- Tested with iOS 10

3.6.2

Jun 3, 2016

- Reset individual exercises for all exercise types- Scroll to the linked sections- Multiple-choice questions are again sorted correctly- Possibility for colored table of contents- Support of embedded HTML 5 animations within the topics- Improvements in stability and performance

3.6

Jump directly to a page number or a tag. This functionality depends on the ebook.

Support for coupled ebooks. Jump to the section with the solution in the same ebook or in the teacher edition.

Improvements in the drawing editor for image annotations.

General improvements in stability and performance.

3.5.1

Mar 19, 2016

- Bug fixes with keyboard focus and cloud synchand- Formatting of inline text with colors and special characters- Improved representation of Fixed layout ebooks with automatic size adjustment.- Points calculation and improvement in the calculation of the test results- Notes to the solutions of the exercises- Advanced statistics with points overview- General improvements in stability and performance

3.5.0

Mar 12, 2016

- Formatting of inline text with colors and special characters- Improved representation of Fixed layout ebooks with automatic size adjustment.- Points calculation and improvement in the calculation of the test results- Notes to the solutions of the exercises- Advanced statistics with points overview- General improvements in stability and performance

3.4.7

Dec 5, 2015

- Cloud support. Sync your notes, markers, own pages and exercise answers between all your devices, even on different operating systems. See http://beook.ch for more information - Annotated images: all pictures and graphics can now be enriched and stored with highlighters and drawings. Make your comments or handwritten notes directly on notes and exercises in the ebook or anotate them on Beamer. - New "Lost Password" function- Support of EPUB 3 ebooks- Significant improvements to the marker function - Improvements to the presentation of Fixed layout EPUBs- Significantly faster startup of the app- Numerous improvements and bug fixes - iOS 9 improvements (iPad)

3.4

Nov 23, 2015

- Cloud support. Sync your notes, markers, own pages and exercise answers between all your devices, even on different operating systems. See http://beook.ch for more information - New "Lost Password" function- Support of EPUB 3 ebooks- Significant improvements to the marker function - Improvements to the presentation of Fixed layout EPUBs- Significantly faster startup of the app- Numerous improvements and bug fixes - iOS 9 improvements (iPad)

3.1

Aug 28, 2015

Corrects a problem with offline modeFaster loading of ebooksGeneral improvements in stability.

3.0.0

Aug 19, 2015

Improvement in the representation of fixed layoutsSupport of floating device licensesGeneral improvements in stability.Bug fix of video player

2.2

Jul 6, 2015

Linking of photos in own pages Videos and files can be opened via an Application URL. Links to chapters can be copied from the table of contents. General improvements in stability.

2.1

Jun 4, 2015

New features and improvements in version 2.1.0

- Drag notes in Fixed layout EPUB- Slider for font size- Improving the presentation in the Fixed-Layout- Calling links in own pages - General improvements of stability

2.0

May 1, 2015

- New rich text editor with subscript and superscript functions, formula inputs with TeX, Undo/Redo, embedding of youtube videos simplified, fonts and much, much more.- Errors fixed in rich text editor- Revision and improvement of highlighting function- Fixed EPUB layouts that have been converted from PDFs are being supported- User interface in German, French, Italian and English- Teaching materials sorted according to languages- Calling up of app and jumping to chapter of another app supported- General improvements of stability